http://legilimens.net Yeah, that's what I thought. I guess I'm pretty tough to deal with, huh? A hard case. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:04:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://legilimens.net/prejudice/#comment-4 FAQ: What is “sexism”? « Finally, A Feminism 101 Blog Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:03:23 +0000 http://legilimens.net/prejudice/#comment-4 [...] Let’s start off by looking at an explanation of why the “power” is in there (Kristi is discussing racism, but the same argument applies to sexism): That ‘+ power’ portion of the equation is one of the most important parts. This is not to say that the disenfranchised cannot be prejudiced, because many of them are, but without power, they are not actually working within the systematic framework of advantage created by the majority to privilege themselves. Thus it is only “racism” if the person is capable of using that framework; otherwise, it is prejudice. [Kristi (Failure to Communicate): Prejudice.] [...] […] Let’s start off by looking at an explanation of why the “power” is in there (Kristi is discussing racism, but the same argument applies to sexism): That ‘+ power’ portion of the equation is one of the most important parts. This is not to say that the disenfranchised cannot be prejudiced, because many of them are, but without power, they are not actually working within the systematic framework of advantage created by the majority to privilege themselves. Thus it is only “racism” if the person is capable of using that framework; otherwise, it is prejudice. [Kristi (Failure to Communicate): Prejudice.] […]

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